Journal of ISSN: 2378-3184JAMB

Using Of Garra rufa for Treatment of Fin Rot in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Clementina Luisa Cojocaru1 and Calin Decebal Cojocaru2*

1Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Aquaculture, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Banat, Romania 2Department of Aquatic Pathology Laboratory, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Romania

Received:October 23, 2015| Published: October 29, 2015

*Corresponding author: Calin Decebal Cojocaru, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Aquaculture, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Banat, TimiÅŸoara, King Mihai I of Romania, Romania,
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Introduction

Garra rufa is a small Cyprinidae fish used to treat psoriazis in humans (www.fishbase.org) because of it is able to eat affected tissues.

Aims

Taking into account this information we tried to see if this fish can be used to treat fin rot in fish. Fin rot is a polifactorial disease, but Flavobacterium and Gyrodactylus are recognised to have the major role (Ferguson, 2006).

Results

After 3 days, necrosis started to disappear and eroded fins started to rise because of consuming the necrotic tissues of goldfish reared in the same tank with Garra rufa. Necrosis worsened in the other 4 untreated goldfish.